Cops: Several taken to hospital in Glen Cove ambulance crash

Several people were taken to the hospital after a Glen Cove ambulance and a sport utility vehicle crashed in Greenvale Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The Glen Cove City ambulance was transporting a man who fell from a roof when the vehicle was hit by an SUV leaving a parking lot, said Matthew Venturino, chief of the Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services. The crash happened about 4:30 p.m....

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Several people were taken to the hospital after a Glen Cove ambulance and a sport utility vehicle crashed in Greenvale Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

The Glen Cove City ambulance was transporting a man who fell from a roof when the vehicle was hit by an SUV leaving a parking lot, said Matthew Venturino, chief of the Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services.

The crash happened about 4:30 p.m. as the ambulance was going south on Glen Cove Road on its way to Winthrop-University Hospital, he said. The SUV came out of a parking lot near Locust Street, he said.

Within minutes, Roslyn firefighters and Nassau police ambulances were on the scene, Venturino said.